The programme – which ran from 1993 to 2002 – was a huge hit and Duchovny believes it was much more popular than the legendary rockers in their heyday.

He says: “Come on – we were better than the Beatles. They went from 1962 to 1970 – eight years. They couldn’t even make it to a ninth year, like us. There was a lot of intense interest in The X-Files. And that was a time before everyone was famous.”